Re: w35und: add softmac interface

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> >  > > This adds softmac interface to w35und driver... so it becomes monster
> >  > > driver with _two_ interfaces.
> >  > >
> >  > > If you initialize hardmac interface, then softmac starts to
> >  > > works... it associates to AP, and can even ping.
> >  > >
> >  > > (Or at least I hope so... it was somewhat too easy.)
> >  >
> >
> > > OK, I'm late to the party...what is this stuff going into
> >  > drivers/net/wireless?
> >
> >  Actually you are about month early to the party ;-). We are trying to
> >  clean up winbond usb wireless driver, so that it can think about
> >  inclusion in kernel.
> >
> >  http://code.google.com/p/winbondport/
> >
> >  Unfortunately, original driver carries its own 802.11 stack with it;
> >  that needs to be stripped down. (And then code needs to be rewritten
> >  due to horrible coding style).

> 
> Last weekend we have started to rewrite the whole code based on
> rtl8187's softmac driver.

Hmm, I used adm* code as a template.

> The wlan0 device init with it's own mac is ok, but thats all so far. I
> think it would be more sane to just drop the
> old driver now (it would take more work the correct the old one), and
> create a new svn branch for the softmac
> only brand new one.

Really take a look at those patches. I believe I'm pretty close to
dropping those upper layer code... Then, we'll be able to proceed
incrementally.
									Pavel
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